Mouth Breathing and Facial Development

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Quick post.

I found this webpage on Mouth Breathing and Facial Development by ButeykoKids. It covers how facial development is affected in children who are mouth breathers. It even mentions keeping the tongue in the proper position against the roof of the mouth with the tip on the alveolar ridge - the spot. Of course, people with ankyloglossia can't do this and are therefore at risk of becoming mouth breathers.

Thumbsucking is for suckers...

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I was recently talking with my orofacial myologist about my exercises and keeping my tongue on the spot. I said to her that I had trouble keeping the middle of my tongue up against the roof of my mouth. She pointed out that I would never be able to keep my tongue completely against the roof of my mouth because my palate was too high... from years of thumbsucking.

Social Validation!!

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Yesterday I went to a baby shower for a good friend of mine. While there, I chatted with some friends who I hadn't seen in a long time.  I told them about having a lingual frenectomy and why I had it. I described how my tongue tie affected my appearance - a pouty, downturned mouth; the beginnings of jowls - and one friend, Jennifer, exclaimed:

My Therapy, My Pillow

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A relatively brief post today.

For one, I wanted to share that I am continuing to do well with my ongoing orofacial therapy. At last week's visit with my myofunctional therapist, my tongue was able to reach 27-28mm with my mouth open and tongue tip on the spot. That's an additional 5-8mm!

A Nose By Any Other Name....

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I'd like you to do an exercise for me.  

Take a good, long, deep breath... through your nose.  

Was that difficult?  If not, good.  If it was, well, this post's for you.

Keeping Your Tongue On The Spot!

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In an earlier post I talked about the spot, and briefly mentioned its importance for proper eating, drinking, and speaking.  In this post, I’m going to go into detail about why keeping your tongue on the spot is so important for these functions.

My Story Part IV - Beginning Therapy and My Tongue Tied Face

Hello Kiddies!

In this post I want to talk about the beginnings of my therapy and the benefits I quickly started seeing.

My therapy with my orofacial myologist (OM) began just two days after my lingual frenectomy.  Once again, I cannot stress enough: myofunctional therapy must begin right away after a lingual frenectomy.  Why?  Because you run the great risk of the tongue healing up and sticking to the floor of the mouth again.  That's right.  You can get a frenectomy and have your tongue wind up just as tied as before.